After watching that video, I'm left with one burning question:
What tracks did they put on that "Fonzie" album?
I'm sure it's just a 50's rock and roll :greatest hits" thing, but I love the idea of someone being tasked with figuring out a sitcom character's defining songs.
It's just great when you write about music. Keep it up!
(also: what's the deal with Brian Ferry/Roxy Music? Everyone holds them in such high regard, and I just don't get it. Is it just because I'm a strictly post-punk-person, or am I missing something?)
There's some decent stuff in there, pretty sure if you looked through my teenage record collection you'd find a lot worse. I'm getting embarrassed just thinking about it!
Fun little video. I had absolutely no clue Tim Curry had released some albums. I'm definitely gonna have to find some of those. I also demand for more Chrontendo episodes to be punched up with "look at these assholes".
Yeah, that could've been a lot worse. Penthouse and Pavement is a great album (though The Luxury Gap is the band's best, for my money). Would that I could've liked stuff that cool at that age.
And...say what you will about Visage, but there's no denying that "Fade to Grey" is a genre-defining classic. NO DENYING!, I say.
The Fonzie record looks kind of shady. It appears to be a collection of vintage rock songs, Charlie Brown, Rock Around the Clock, etc. But its on an obscure label called Ahed, so I think it might contain cheaper-to-license re-recordings. It also has this: http://youtu.be/PO7-jN9mLso and God help me, this: http://youtu.be/IvQV8Do9XgQ. The record is so filthy and scratched up I don't want to put it on record player.
There are definitely a few gems in that collection. The one I didn't show because I was listening to it was Vienna by Ultravox.
As for Roxy, they were post-punk, but somehow pre-punk at the same time. And a huge influence on many punk bands and NW/synthpop bands.
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After watching that video, I'm left with one burning question:
What tracks did they put on that "Fonzie" album?
I'm sure it's just a 50's rock and roll :greatest hits" thing, but I love the idea of someone being tasked with figuring out a sitcom character's defining songs.
It's just great when you write about music. Keep it up!
(also: what's the deal with Brian Ferry/Roxy Music? Everyone holds them in such high regard, and I just don't get it. Is it just because I'm a strictly post-punk-person, or am I missing something?)
There's some decent stuff in there, pretty sure if you looked through my teenage record collection you'd find a lot worse. I'm getting embarrassed just thinking about it!
Fun little video. I had absolutely no clue Tim Curry had released some albums. I'm definitely gonna have to find some of those. I also demand for more Chrontendo episodes to be punched up with "look at these assholes".
Yeah, that could've been a lot worse. Penthouse and Pavement is a great album (though The Luxury Gap is the band's best, for my money). Would that I could've liked stuff that cool at that age.
And...say what you will about Visage, but there's no denying that "Fade to Grey" is a genre-defining classic. NO DENYING!, I say.
The Fonzie record looks kind of shady. It appears to be a collection of vintage rock songs, Charlie Brown, Rock Around the Clock, etc. But its on an obscure label called Ahed, so I think it might contain cheaper-to-license re-recordings. It also has this: http://youtu.be/PO7-jN9mLso and God help me, this: http://youtu.be/IvQV8Do9XgQ. The record is so filthy and scratched up I don't want to put it on record player.
There are definitely a few gems in that collection. The one I didn't show because I was listening to it was Vienna by Ultravox.
As for Roxy, they were post-punk, but somehow pre-punk at the same time. And a huge influence on many punk bands and NW/synthpop bands.
Wow, those two Fonzie songs absolutely exceeded my expectations/fulfilled my imagination of that album.
"Fonzerelli Slide" will probably make its way into my "party" mix.
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